Clarification on working in two teams

[Kylie Robb]

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for clarification on the concept of working two separate teams to reduce the risk of closing a practice as the whole team need to isolate after an exposure (this does not include exposure to a suspected/confirmed/probable case with the appropriate PPE on).

How some dental practices are choosing to operate at the moment is to have a dentist, an assistant and a receptionist working one week and another team the following week. They never meet!

Does this model actually work? If one team member was to unfortunately contract COVID – whether that was at work (!) or out in the wild – would it just be (Team A) that needs to isolate or the whole practice would need to close?

It doesn’t make sense to me to close the whole practice just because a confirmed case was in that environment – obviously if the entire team were exposed, that’s a different story. The practice can’t run itself.

I’m trying to find out if this model of work is realistic and whether it’s appropriate to continue with Team A and Team B strategy anyway – especially when community transmission rates are low at the moment.

Thanks in advance, any policies or frameworks that anyone would like to share would be appreciated.

Kylie

Kylie Robb MHSM (Clinical Leadership), CICP-P
ADA NSW Practice Services Manager
Infection Prevention and Control Practitioner (CICP-P)
Conjoint Lecturer – University of Newcastle – Oral Health School of Health Sciences – Faculty of Health and Medicine
ACIPC Board Director | SHEA International Ambassador

Level 1, 1 Atchison Street, St Leonards, New South Wales 2065
t: 02 8436 9936 m: 0438 628 664
E: kylie.robb@adansw.com.au | W: http://www.adansw.com.au | LI: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kylierobb/

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[Anonymous]

Hi Kylie,

We consult to healthcare and aged care, so we have been working in 2 teams for a while now so we can still service our clients but also keep them safer. We have it set up so that if someone in team A did have the virus and had been in work with the rest of team A, then team A would then quarantine as required, but not team B – as they are never in the same place at the same time. We also started to increase and document our cleaning around the office.

One thing we did, mainly for our mental health was to do 3 days at work, 3 days working from home (which we can do, but obviously a dentist can’t so much). If you go week to week, that means it is 9 days between seeing your colleagues, which is a long time, especially if you live alone. We have found the 3 days in 3 days at home has worked well as it is never too long until you go back to work. Everyone has said that this had made it a lot easier to deal with, even though it means you are in on different days each week.

Good luck,

Sarah Bailey MSc, PGDip Med Myc
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Hi everyone,

I’m looking for clarification on the concept of working two separate teams to reduce the risk of closing a practice as the whole team need to isolate after an exposure (this does not include exposure to a suspected/confirmed/probable case with the appropriate PPE on).

How some dental practices are choosing to operate at the moment is to have a dentist, an assistant and a receptionist working one week and another team the following week. They never meet!

Does this model actually work? If one team member was to unfortunately contract COVID – whether that was at work (!) or out in the wild – would it just be (Team A) that needs to isolate or the whole practice would need to close?

It doesn’t make sense to me to close the whole practice just because a confirmed case was in that environment – obviously if the entire team were exposed, that’s a different story. The practice can’t run itself.

I’m trying to find out if this model of work is realistic and whether it’s appropriate to continue with Team A and Team B strategy anyway – especially when community transmission rates are low at the moment.

Thanks in advance, any policies or frameworks that anyone would like to share would be appreciated.

Kylie

Kylie Robb MHSM (Clinical Leadership), CICP-P
ADA NSW Practice Services Manager
Infection Prevention and Control Practitioner (CICP-P)
Conjoint Lecturer – University of Newcastle – Oral Health School of Health Sciences – Faculty of Health and Medicine
ACIPC Board Director | SHEA International Ambassador

Level 1, 1 Atchison Street, St Leonards, New South Wales 2065
t: 02 8436 9936 m: 0438 628 664
E: kylie.robb@adansw.com.au | W: http://www.adansw.com.au | LI: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kylierobb/

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